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Act No. 190 Section 196

Paramount rights and amicable partition not affected.

Section 196

SEC. 196. Paramount rights and amicable partition not affected. — Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to injure, prejudice, defeat, or destroy the estate, right, or title of any person claiming a tract of land, or any part thereof, by title under any other person, or by title paramount to the title of the joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners by whom partition may have been made. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as restricting or preventing joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners from making an amicable partition of their common estate by agreement and by suitable instruments of conveyance, without recourse to an action for that purpose. USURPATION OF OFFICE OR FRANCHISE, ETC.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 196 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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